Hervey

1924 · Best.-Nr. 00009049 — New York: The Century Co. 1924 1924. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo. 12 3-349 3 pp. Green cloth with a pictorial front board and spine with decorations stamped in black and orange lettered in black on the front board and spine. Price of $3.00 on the front flap of the dust jacket. Illustrated by a frontispiece and 31 additional plates black and white drawings by Christopher Murphy. Hervey's record of his travels to China Japan Indonesia Singapore Hong Kong Manila and Hawaii. Here he records the costume the art and entertainment the food and the flora and fauna of these destinations. Hervey spends time in Shinto temples in Japan in the city of Nagasaki at a luau and spent time boating in the Philippines. A roguish travel narrative from the early twentieth century brilliantly illustrated and difficult to find in-jacket. A Near Fine book with a tiny nick to the bottom edge of the rear board; dust jacket is Very Good with a trace or two of edge wear and moderate fading to the spine panel. The Century Co. [1924] hardcover